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RSPA 10
- Record Id:
- 032-004380737
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004380737
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100169708454.0x000046
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- TEI
- Reference (shelfmark):
- RSPA 10
- Title:
- 1 copy of Bahādurshāh-nāmah by Mīrzā Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-004380737", "parent" : "#", "text" : "RSPA 10: 1 copy of Bahādurshāh-nāmah by Mīrzā Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004380737
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004380737
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- ff.v+162+v
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Persian
- Scripts:
- Arabic
- Start Date:
- 1707
- End Date:
- 1792
- Date Range:
- 1707-1792
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mirzā Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān
Muḥammad Khān Muẓẓafar - Subjects:
- Mogul Empire--History
- TEI:
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India Office Library
Jones Collection
Royal Society Arabic and Persian
RSPA 10
Contents
1 copy of Bahādurshāh-nāmah by Mīrzā Muḥammad Dānishmand Khān
Language(s): Persian
ff. 1v-158vTitle: Bahādurshāh-nāmahTitle: بهادرشاهنامهThe first 10 folios are principally made up of the author's introduction. The first year of Bahādur Shāh's reign begins on f10v.
There is a seal on f1r which includes "Muḥammad Khān Muẓẓafar" in it but the rest of the key pieces of information are effaced.
Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم دست بر آورده بخود کریم ناز ئ نعیم دو جهاندر کفش خلق ازل تا بابد مصرفشExplicit: در هم تاریخ صفحات اوراق این نمیقه دل افروز آفاق رامی ارایدColophon: تمام شد تاریخ بهادر شاهی بموجب ارشاد نواب مظفر جنگ بهادر از دست فقیر حقر بنده در گاه شیخ لطف اللهPhysical Description
Form: codexMaterial: paperSupport: Very thin white woven paper.Extent: ff.v+162+vDimensions (leaf): 225 × 150 mm.Dimensions (written): 170 × 80 mm.Foliation:European numerals in pencil.
Condition
Excellent condition. Very small stain on f1r. Supports and guards.
Layout
Columns:1
Written lines: 14
Hand(s)
Neat black ink nastaʿlīq with rubrications.
Decoration
Additions:Very occasional marginal comments in Persian.
Binding
Standard India Office half leather binding with wine-coloured marbled endpapers.
Accompanying Material
History
Origin: 1707-1792 1707 - 1792 CE ; IndiaProvenance and Acquisition
RSPA 1-118 were presented to the Royal Society in January 1792 by Sir William and Lady Jones. According to Wilkins, this manuscript was presented by Lady Jones.
The Royal Society's collection of 280 Persian and Arabic, and 86 Sanskrit manuscripts were transferred to the India Office Library in 1876.
1876
India Office Library
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on E. Denison Ross and E. G. Browne, Catalogue of two collections of Persian and Arabic manuscripts preserved in the India Office Library (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1902), p. 6 no. XAvailability
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